It's so funny because when you look at the guys, that's never a topic of conversation. Yeah. What you look like? Yeah. Did you watch the football last night? It's never about, I'll watch your skincare routine. Whereas women walk into a room and because we've been taught to be pitted against each other. Yeah. Not always, but sometimes there's, oh my God, you know, I can't. It's a bit of a barrier. Yeah, yeah. and it shouldn't be there.

We should be trying to

change that stereotype, believing that there is space for everybody. Hi, I'm Ravi Agruwal,

Foreign Policies Editor-in-Chief. This is FP Live.

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So on to today's episode, this one is a little bit philosophical.

It's about climate change and climate policy, but with a bit of a twist.

First, is democracy compatible with the climate action that scientists say we need?

Is democracy even adequate as a system of governance?

I realize that sounds crazy, but it's an important question and one that a lot of people

around the world wonder about. If politics is too slow for the change that we need,

what options are left? Well, one option,

and I'm by no means endorsing this option, is radicalism. Several groups around the world have risen up that seek to protest with varying degrees of extreme action in the hope of pressuring governments to do more. The question is whether

that approach moves the needle at all or whether it backfires. Well, as it happens, there is a great

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